Main Entry:

sa·miz·dat

Pronunciation:

\ˈsä-mēz-ˌdät\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Russian, from sam- self- + izdatel'stvo publishing house

Date:

1967

: a system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and countries within its orbit by which government-suppressed literature was clandestinely printed and distributed ; also : such literature